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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s remains buried at sea – CNN

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s remains buried at sea – CNN

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. The remains of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have been buried at sea, CNN reported citing US defense officials.

Earlier US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said Baghdadi's body "will be disposed of properly." When asked if the US would follow the same protocol as with Bin Laden’s body, O'Brien said, "I would expect that to be the case."

US President Donald Trump declared Sunday morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a US military raid in northwest Syria over the weekend.

"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead," Trump said at the White House, calling the ISIS leader's removal "the top national security priority of my administration,” according to CNN.

The President said a US special operations forces mission went after the ISIS leader and there were no US deaths during the operation.

Several ISIS fighters and companions of Baghdadi were killed.

Trump said Baghdadi was chased to the end of a dead end tunnel by dogs, bringing three children with him. At the end of the tunnel, he detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and the children with him.

Trump said "immediate" and "totally positive" test results proved it was Baghdadi, saying a lab technician on the scene of the raid confirmed the ISIS leader's death.

"He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place," Trump said.

Trump described the situation, saying the ISIS leader "spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread, terrified of the American forces bearing down on him."

The US President said US forces obtained "highly sensitive material and information from the raid, much having to do with ISIS — origins, future plans, things that we very much want."

The US President said he watched the operation from the White House Situation Room beginning at 5 p.m. 

 

 








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